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Press Releases
2 August 2022
Joint Foreign Ministry-UNHCR mission in refugee camps in Sudan

The response to the refugee crisis involving people fleeing from the Horn of Africa will be the focus of a joint mission by Chiara Cardoletti, UNHCR representative for Italy, the Holy See and San Marino, and Luigi Maria Vignali, Director General for Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The mission […]

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Press Releases
28 July 2022
Afghanistan; Sereni chairs Coordination Panel

Deputy Minister Marina Sereni chaired the fifth meeting of the Coordination Panel on Afghanistan with representatives of civil society organisations, local authorities and the other administrations involved. The discussion focused on examining the humanitarian situation and identifying priorities with a view towards programming the allocation of resources for 2022 and reviewing progress on the reception […]

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Press Releases
21 July 2022
Development Cooperation: Deputy Minister Sereni chairs Joint Committee meeting

Deputy Minister Marina Sereni chaired the fifth annual meeting of the Joint Development Cooperation Committee, in which the Director General for Development Cooperation, Fabio Cassese, and the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Luca Maestripieri, also took part. Representatives of other public sector organisations with competence for the issues discussed also attended. During […]

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Press Releases
19 July 2022
Sereni on humanitarian mine clearance operations: we confirm the contribution and express concern for the use of landmines in various conflicts

“The Government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, continues to attribute great importance to humanitarian actions to combat anti-personnel landmines,” said the Deputy Foreign Minister, Marina Sereni, in her opening remarks at the 25th Meeting of the CNAUMA, the National Committee for Humanitarian Mine Action, which groups together several civil society organizations […]

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Press Releases
15 July 2022
Event on the Mediterranean Diet as an Instrument of Diplomacy held at the Reggia di Caserta with Minister Di Maio and FAO Director General, Qu Dongyu

Friday 15 July – An event on the “Mediterranean Diet as an Instrument of Diplomacy” was held today in the Palatine Chapel of the Royal Palace of Caserta. The event was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute/CIHEAM Bari and the Municipality of Caserta. It […]

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In detail
15 July 2022
Minister Luigi Di Maio opens the event “The Mediterranean Diet, a tool of Italy’s food diplomacy”

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, opens the event “The Mediterranean Diet, a tool of Italy’s food diplomacy”. The event will take place in the Palatine Chapel of the Royal Palace of Caserta. The event – organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, alongside the Mediterranean Agronomic […]

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Press Releases
14 July 2022
Afghanistan. Emergency contribution from Italian Cooperation to address the consequences of the earthquake of 22 June

Italian Cooperation has arranged an emergency contribution of over 396,000 euro to the World Food Programme (WFP) in response to the earthquake that struck Afghanistan on 22 June and its consequences. The earthquake hit the provinces of Paktika and Khost in particular, destroying numerous homes in the region and, according to the latest estimates, over […]

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Diplomatic Network
7 July 2022
A call for bids for sustainable development projects in Ecuador

In recent days, the Italian Ambassador to Ecuador, Caterina Bertolini presented the third call for bids for the Italo-Ecuadorian Fund for sustainable development (FIEDS – Fondo Ítalo Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo Sostenible), an exchange mechanism established through the Agreement for the Conversion of debt into development projects, signed by the governments of Ecuador and Italy […]

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Press Releases
24 June 2022
Press Release – CO-OPERA 2022

CO-OPERA, the 2nd National Development Cooperation Conference held on 23 and 24 June at Rome’s Auditorium della Conciliazione closed today. The Conference, which is convened every three years by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to foster the participation of citizens in defining development cooperation policies, was co-organized by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the […]

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Diplomatic Network
24 June 2022
Cuba — meeting at the Embassy with Italian Civil Society Organisations

The Embassy of Italy in Havana has hosted a meeting with representatives of Italian Civil Society Organisations (OSCs) operating in Cuba. The meeting provided an opportunity to examine the development of Italian-Cuban relations at the cultural, economic and cooperation levels, and to gain information on the progress of projects implemented on Cuban territory. “We meet […]

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Press Releases
23 June 2022
The Farnesina intensifies its interventions in favour of Ukrainian refugees and its support to Moldova

As a follow-up to the joint statement of Minister Di Maio and his Moldovan counterpart Popescu on strengthening cooperation in the field of migration, signed on 15 March 2022, the Farnesina has intensified its interventions in support of Ukrainian refugees in the Country and in favour of Moldovan institutions. Italy is thus responding to the call made […]

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